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Battlefield F.C.
Battlefield Football Club, often referred to as The Battlefield, was a 19th-century football club based in Langside, in Glasgow. The club took its name from the site of the Battle of Langside in 1568.
The club's foundation was inspired by neighbours Queen's Park and eight of the club's initial membership were also members of the Hampden side. The club's membership was middle-class "gentlemanly" players, with a reputation for clean play that "cultivat[ed] the science of the game".
Although the club's foundation date was given as 1873, the first reported match for the club took place in October 1879, and first Scottish Cup entry was in 1881–82.
Battlefield had a reputation for causing shocks. In the 1883–84 Scottish Cup, the club beat South-Western in the Scottish Cup first round 8–1, "contrary to expectations". Battlefield reached the quarter-finals that season, which the club matched the following season, in which the club pulled off its biggest shock; beating Queen's Park 3–2 in the third round.
Queen's Park protested on several bases, including having one goal wrongly disallowed, and three of the Battlefield players not having been registered, but the protests were dismissed. The size of the shock can be measured by Queen's Park reaching the FA Cup final that season.
Queen's Park felt the loss strongly and there were accusations that Battlefield was "poaching" players from Queen's Park; indeed one Smith, a member of the Queen's Park committee and secretary of Battlefield, was removed from his position at Queen's Park because of his alleged attempts at "tapping up".
After beating Pollokshields Athletic, conquerors of Dumbarton, in the fourth round, Battlefield was considered favourite to win the competition, The club was drawn to play Cambuslang in the quarter-finals, and Battlefield arranged the tie to take place at Kinning Park, but a frozen ground meant that Battlefield telegraphed Cambuslang to postpone the tie. Cambuslang agreed so long as the frost held; as temperatures rose, Cambuslang turned up at Kinning Park, but found no opposition and no referee. Cambuslang kicked a goal and claimed the tie. Battlefield's protest was upheld, but the replay was ordered to take place in Cambuslang because the uncertainty was blamed on the Battlefield. A special train was put on from Glasgow to bring the Battlefield support, and Battlefield was 1–0 up at half-time thanks to a Sellar header, but the home side turned it around to win 3–1.
With many amateur players having dual membership with Queen's Park and another club, and choosing more and more to play for the former, Battlefield boosted its ranks by taking over Pollokshields Athletic in late 1888. The instant result was a 2–1 win over Rangers at Ibrox Park, but the boost did not last long, and in the next year's Glasgow Cup, Battlefield suffered an 8–1 defeat to Queen's Park.
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Battlefield F.C.
Battlefield Football Club, often referred to as The Battlefield, was a 19th-century football club based in Langside, in Glasgow. The club took its name from the site of the Battle of Langside in 1568.
The club's foundation was inspired by neighbours Queen's Park and eight of the club's initial membership were also members of the Hampden side. The club's membership was middle-class "gentlemanly" players, with a reputation for clean play that "cultivat[ed] the science of the game".
Although the club's foundation date was given as 1873, the first reported match for the club took place in October 1879, and first Scottish Cup entry was in 1881–82.
Battlefield had a reputation for causing shocks. In the 1883–84 Scottish Cup, the club beat South-Western in the Scottish Cup first round 8–1, "contrary to expectations". Battlefield reached the quarter-finals that season, which the club matched the following season, in which the club pulled off its biggest shock; beating Queen's Park 3–2 in the third round.
Queen's Park protested on several bases, including having one goal wrongly disallowed, and three of the Battlefield players not having been registered, but the protests were dismissed. The size of the shock can be measured by Queen's Park reaching the FA Cup final that season.
Queen's Park felt the loss strongly and there were accusations that Battlefield was "poaching" players from Queen's Park; indeed one Smith, a member of the Queen's Park committee and secretary of Battlefield, was removed from his position at Queen's Park because of his alleged attempts at "tapping up".
After beating Pollokshields Athletic, conquerors of Dumbarton, in the fourth round, Battlefield was considered favourite to win the competition, The club was drawn to play Cambuslang in the quarter-finals, and Battlefield arranged the tie to take place at Kinning Park, but a frozen ground meant that Battlefield telegraphed Cambuslang to postpone the tie. Cambuslang agreed so long as the frost held; as temperatures rose, Cambuslang turned up at Kinning Park, but found no opposition and no referee. Cambuslang kicked a goal and claimed the tie. Battlefield's protest was upheld, but the replay was ordered to take place in Cambuslang because the uncertainty was blamed on the Battlefield. A special train was put on from Glasgow to bring the Battlefield support, and Battlefield was 1–0 up at half-time thanks to a Sellar header, but the home side turned it around to win 3–1.
With many amateur players having dual membership with Queen's Park and another club, and choosing more and more to play for the former, Battlefield boosted its ranks by taking over Pollokshields Athletic in late 1888. The instant result was a 2–1 win over Rangers at Ibrox Park, but the boost did not last long, and in the next year's Glasgow Cup, Battlefield suffered an 8–1 defeat to Queen's Park.